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7.2.1.2. The type attribute
By default, browsers number ordered list items with a sequence of Arab-
ic numerals. Besides being able to start the sequence at some number
other than 1, you can use the
type
attribute with the
<ol>
tag to change
the numbering style itself. The attribute may have a value of
A
for num-
bering with capital letters,
a
for numbering with lowercase letters,
I
for
capital Roman numerals,
i
for lowercase Roman numerals, or
1
for com-
mon Arabic numerals. See
Table 7-1
.
Table 7-1. HTML type values for numbering ordered lists
Type value
Generated style
Sample sequence
A
Capital letters
A, B, C, D
a
Lowercase letters
a, b, c, d
I
Capital Roman numerals
I, II, III, IV
i
Lowercase Roman numerals
i, ii, iii, iv
1
Arabic numerals
1, 2, 3, 4
The
start
and
type
attributes work in tandem. The
start
attribute sets
the starting value of the item counter (an integer) at the beginning of
